Registered Mental Health Nurse - Learning Disability Nurse

Job overview

Registered Mental Health Nurse  / Registered Learning Disability Nurse- Enhanced Care Team

Band 5

Full time 37.5 hours per week

Are you looking to gain the necessary skills and experienced required to advance your career and gain a wide range of experience working with mental health and illness, learning disability and dementia? If so, this could be the job for you and your chance to work in a dynamic  team, where you can actively contribute to it's growth and development.  This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic, developing service and be involved in the provision of the highest quality care to the people admitted to Croydon University Hospital.

Interviews: tbc

Main duties of the job

The Enhanced Care Team was introduced to improve the way we care for our patients requiring extra support and enhanced observations. Enhanced care for patients has a significant impact on both patient and careers experience. We offer individualized tailored care that contributes towards patient’s safety and delivery of the fundamentals of care. The role of the Enhanced Care Team  is to engage and support patients referred to our service with therapeutic interventions to improve their care and recovery in the hospital.  Training in Enhanced Care, Dementia, Learning Disabilities, Delirium, Conflict resolution, Mental Health and Substance misuse is available for those involved in providing the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role.